noun
- Plural of bregma; the points on the skull where the frontal and parietal bones meet, or the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures.
Usage: anatomy; medical
Examples
- The bregmas are important anatomical landmarks used in craniometry.
- Surgeons must carefully identify the bregmas during certain neurosurgical procedures.
- The distance between the bregmas varies among individuals.
- Anthropologists measure the bregmas to study skull morphology across populations.